Getting Closer To Myself

This weekend, I had the opportunity to go up to Mackinac Island with some friends (you can find information about the Island here ). I inter...

I was asked to write a guest post for lupus awareness month by my friend Maria over at My Life Works Today . The post, entitled, “It Does N...

May (which is shockingly half over already!) is both lupus and rheumatoid arthritis awareness month, which is a little weird for me since I ...

“Oh, why you look so sad? Tears are in your eyes […] Don’t be ashamed to cry, let me see you through Cause I’ve seen the dark side too. When...

On the journey that is chronic illness, there are many struggles to be had. To me, the two biggest are the hard-won battles against ourselve...

I haven’t posted a song in a long time, but I think this one is so amazing. Plus, since the butterfly is the symbol of lupus, I thought some...

As much as I hate it and it pisses me off sometimes, sometimes lupus can be useful. For instance, when I am wigging out because of a failed ...

“Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim. The world of pretend ...

“[…] Have no fear for giving in Have no fear for giving over You’d better know that in the end It’s better to say too much Than never say wh...

It is a rare occasion that I air my feelings about comments left on my blog publicly. But in the haste and hurry of Grand Rounds, the follow...

“ Lucy: Do you think anybody ever really changes? Linus: I’ve changed a lot in the last year. Lucy: I mean for the better.” - Charles Sch...

I’m hosting Grand Rounds next week. This is my first time hosting and I’m really excited about it. The theme is loosely reflections on the w...

What follows is a speech I gave tonight at a town hall meeting about disability and access put on by the Graduate Employees Organization (GE...

Yes, I’m back…And to rant… Life as of late has become increasingly complicated. I don’t usually have difficulties with expressing how I’m fe...

“I’m fine, and my hips are fine. My false knee is fine. My false hips are fine. Everything’s cooking.” - Liza Minnelli Why the title of this...

My blogger friend Maria over at My Life Works Today has asked me to offer up some tips to my readers about living well with illness. In he...

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” - Omar Khayyam Well, actually, we just sprang forward, but aside from the fact that I...

For me, there has been a lot of self-blame that has come with illness. It’s easy to see how that can happen when people who are young and he...

“I’ve been down this road walkin’ the line That’s painted by pride And I have made mistakes in my life That I just can’t hide […] I’ve been ...